Which country transports most goods via rail?
Publication Date/Time
2016-06-22T09:00:00+00:00
Germany is the European country that transports most goods via rail
Specific regions in countries produce specific goods. Goods which are
transported to other regions or countries. How much of these goods are
transported via rail? And which country could benefit from
transporting more via rail?

Germany is the top country in rail transport among the EU28+ countries
(European Union member states plus Norway, Liechtenstein and
Switzerland). Poland and France are following, be it at an appropriate
distance of Germany. The trends of amount of goods transported via
rail during the last 10 years are visualised. Note that most of the
data from 2015 is not yet available. The goods are given in the entity
million tonne-km, where a tonne-km is defined as one tonne of goods is
transported by rail over a distance of one kilometer.
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It looks like that the smaller countries transport less by rail
compared to larger countries. This could be explained that for short
distances, other forms of transport are cheaper. Overall it can be
noticed that in 2010 the amount of goods transport by rail increased
among most of the countries

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